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Aaron Copland. Aaron Copland (/ ˈkoʊplənd /, KOHP-lənd; [1][2] November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Composers". The open, slowly changing harmonies ...
James Horner. 1953. 2015. American. James Cameron's Titanic, James Cameron's Avatar, Apollo 13 (film), Braveheart, Legends of the Fall, Jumanji, A Beautiful Mind (film), Mighty Joe Young (1998 film), The Mask of Zorro, Field of Dreams (film) Composer of film, television scores.
t. e. 21st-century classical music is art music in the contemporary classical tradition that has been produced since the year 2000. A loose and ongoing period, 21st-century classical music is defined entirely by the calendar and does not refer to a musical style in the sense of Baroque or Romantic music. Many elements of the previous century ...
Christopher Cook (born 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American composer of contemporary classical music . Cook received the Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University where he served as assistant director of the Center for Electronic and Computer Music. He has received awards and honors from the Fromm Music Foundation [1] at Harvard ...
Shawn L. Decker is a sound artist, musician, composer, and academic who creates sound and electronic media installations and writes music for live performance, film, and video. He is a professor of Sound and Media Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) [ 1 ] and is the founder and partner of Sketchbook Brewing.
John Mackey (composer) John Mackey. Born. (1973-10-01) October 1, 1973 (age 51) New Philadelphia, Ohio. Occupation. Composer. John Mackey (born October 1, 1973) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, with an emphasis on music for wind band, as well as orchestra. For several years, he focused on music for modern dance and ballet.
Charles Peter Wuorinen (/ ˈwɔːrɪnən /, Finnish: [ˈʋuorinen]; June 9, 1938 – March 11, 2020) was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor.
Jennifer Higdon. Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962 [1]) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto [2][3] and three Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto in 2010, Viola ...